Longford Tennis Club proudly welcomes experienced new coach Ciaran Crowe

Longford Tennis Club was formed in the later part of the nineteenth century on grounds provided by Lord Longford. These playing grounds included five grass tennis courts and a hockey/cricket pitch at the rear. The grounds were situated at the Demesne Lane, Longford.

By the 1920’s, the Open Week held at the tennis club had achieved a good reputation around the country and this was enhanced in 1921 and 1922 when Lord Longford and Lady Granard donated superb perpetual silver cups for the men’s and the ladies singles championships respectively.

The club facilities were developed over decades by various dedicated tennis committees resulting in five new all-weather tennis courts, floodlights and a new clubhouse in 1993.

Long-time member and Taoiseach at the time Albert Reynolds performed the official opening of the new facilities.

Evolving in line with modern court surfaces and technology, the club has now upgraded the courts to five brand new Tiger Turf all-weather courts.

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This is a surface suitable for all abilities and ages and has been a tremendous investment in the future of the club. The whole project cost in excess of €100,000 euro secured by the hard-working tennis committee through two applications for the Sports Capital Grants.

In line with the recent expansion, the club is now increasing its coaching team.

Junior coach Tim Clarke is running weekly kids group sessions for all ages/abilities on Monday afternoons. He also runs a monthly GO Tennis blitz which caters for both beginners and more advanced players aged between 7 and 18. In addition, Tim runs the annual Junior Open Tournament. This year the Junior Open will take place from July 7 to 11.

Tim will offer two weeks of summer camps from July 13 to 17 and August 24 to 26. All enquiries and booking to Tim on 083 115 5374 or via Tim Clarke Tennis Coaching on Facebook.

Longford Tennis Club is set to welcome experienced tennis coach Ciaran Crowe, who will begin coaching at the club on June 16 and will be a resident coach.

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The club is proud to have a significant uptake of beginner and improver players in the last few years thanks to our popular and long-running Friday night mixed doubles tournament. This is often the entry point for new members into the club.

Preparations are now underway at the Club for the Senior Open Tournament which takes place from July 11 - 18.

For more information on membership options please go to the website longfordtennis.ie You can also contact Longford Tennis Club via social media.